Automobile-lock



-A. D, FENNO.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLucATloN FILED oci. 21, 191s.,

1,307,001. Pfenfewmie n; 1919.

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ARTHUR D. FENNO, 0F ENID, OKLAHOMA. A

AUTOMOBILE-Lock.

l'Application med october 2i, 191s.

To all 'whom t mag/concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR D. FnNNo, a citizen of the United States, residing at of Garfield andl State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and Improvements in Automobile-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in locks for automobiles to prevent them being stolen. L

The object of the Yinvention is to provide a sim-ple and eiicient lockl for` the steering post of a motor vehicle which cannotv be manipulated except by the person cognizant of the combination. y

Another object of the invention is to provide a lock of this character which cannot be removed bodily from the car without breaking the gas and sprocket levers thereby putting the car out of commission.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in View, which will nation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described it being understood that changes'l in the precise embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed may be made withinthe scope of what is claimed Without departing' from the spirit of the invention.

'ln the accompanying` drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a steering post equipped with this improved lock, parts being broken out for convenience in illustration,

Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section through the lock showing the post in side elevation with parts broken out,

Fig. 3 is a similar view on an enlarged scale, f

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a. similar view taken `on the line 5`5 of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment illustrated,the lock constituting this invention this shown applied to the steering post P of a motor vehicle SW and extending through the car Hoor F.'

Surrounding the steering post P is a tubular metal casing 1 having an annular iiange 2 at its lower end bolted to the car Hoor with the nuts vof the bolt arranged on the lower side of the floor so that this casing cannot be detached from the out- Specification of Letters Patent.

appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides 1n the combi- I Patcnteddune 17, 1919. serial No. 258,986.

side.y The upper end of 'this 1 has an offset la with an inturned ange 3 at its end which is designed to enter a. groove 4 in the lower end of a block 5 supported by said casingand through which the steering post P passes. This block 5 contains the locking mechanism for the post and also has longitudinal bores through which the gas lever G and the s ark lever 'S pass as 'is shown clearly in Fig. 2. Another bore H is also provided in this block for the passage of the wires tothe electric horn which are usually mounted on -the steering post but may be of course positioned at any other desired point.

'The post P has a recess, which is incased` by the block casing 6 in one side 5` and this block is also recessed and provided with a lateri lally slida'ble recess 6 when bolt 7 positioned to. enter the projected. Rotatably mounted 5, is a cylindrical casing 8 which one end through one face of t-he carries on its outer end adial 9 actuating thumb piece 10 with a pointer 18 connected therewith to be moved over dial 9 having numerals thereon to provide for the operation of a combination to retract bolt 11. A depending memberll is carried bythe casing 8 and is designed to cross the path of the bolt and enter a recess in the block rojects at lock and having an `12 below the bolt 7 so that the bolt is thus held in locking engagen'ient with the recess 6 in the steering post.

A link 14 has a slot and pin connection with the bolt 7 and is carried by a rotary shaft 15 mounted in the block in a. plane at right angles to bolt 7 and has one end projected throughthe block an operating handle 16. By turning thisy handle 16 the link 14. is moved toward the steering post against the tension of a coiled spring 17 to project the bolt into lockingengagemcnt with the post and when it reaches this position as shown in Fig. 2 the depending locked element 11 carried by the casino' 8 drops into position behind the bolt and ho ds it securely in locked engagement with the steering post. A coiled spring `17' is positioned in the recess in the block 5 and engages the link 14 exerting its tension to normally retract the bolt 7 and hold it out of' engagement with the steering post'.

From the above description it will be obvious that when the driver leaves his car, all thatis necessary for him to do is to turn the and provided with handle 16 to project the bolt 7 into engagement with the recess 6 in the steering .post andlimmediately he does this the locking element 11 will drop behind the bolt and hold it projected until it is released by turning the hand member 10 of the cylinder 8 to withdraw the element 11. Immediately said element 11 is withdrawn the coiled spring 17 will exert its tension to move the link 14 outwardl and thereby retract the bolt 7 permitH ting t e steering post to be turned in the I usual manner.

- now consider to be the best embodiment a From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the'advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily aparent tothose skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have de-` scribed the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I registering with the recess in the post, a bolt mounted in the recess of said 'block and adapted to enter the recess in the post, a rotary shaft carried by said block with an ac'- tuating member projecting through one side wall thereof, a link mounted in the block recess and fixed to said shaft, said link having a slot and pin connection with said bolt, a coiled spring engaging said link to normally retract the bo1t, and means movable across j the path yof the bolt atlthe rearthereoi to a steering post j mounted in the recess of said block and adapted to enter the recess inthe post, a rotaryv shaft carried lby said block with an actuating member projecting through one side wall thereof, a link mounted Din the block recess ,and fixed to said shaft, said link having a slot and pin-connection with said bolt, a coiled spring engaging said link to no1-- mally retract the bolt, a rotary member mounted in said block and having a dependingelement adap'ted'to extend across the pathl of the bolt at the rear thereof to hold 1t in projected position.

3. The combination with a steering post havin a recess in one side wall, a member cncirc ing` said post and secured to prevent removal therefrom, a boltmounted to slide in said member and to enter the recess of said ost, spring pressed means'- for normally liolding the bolt in retracted position, means for actuating said spring pressed means to project the bolt, a circular member mounted 1n said post encircling memberx and having a depending element positioned to drop behind the `bolt when projected 'whereby the bolt is locked against withdrawal, and

means for withdrawing said' member to release the bolt. f

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- 4Amarins D. FENNO. Witnesses: f

L. F. MEssMAN, EVA McKay. 

